Middle English Dictionary Entry
sauflī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | sauflī adv. Also seiveli, saveli & (?error) saftly, (error) saliche; comp. savelok(e)r, (error) savyelere. |
| Etymology | From sauf adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) In safety, safely; without harm or threat of harm; also, without fear; in sounde and ~, soundly and safely; gon the sauflier, to go the more safely; (b) in spiritual or moral safety; (c) without danger to health, without risk of medical complication, healthfully; also in proverb [quots.: c1450(c1380), 1532].
Associated quotations
a
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)1150 : Leteþ, ȝif ȝe secheþ me, my disciples sauflich gon.
- c1330 Otuel (Auch)365 : To his in saueliche him lede.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2688 : Sche miȝt saufli..wende wiȝtli a-wei whider hire god liked.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)4.163 : Silla assenteþ..forto go þe saveloker [vr. savelokr] and þe sikerer to cruel bataille aȝenst Marius.
- 1389 Nrf.Gild Ret.23 : We shul preyen..for alle trewe shipmen and trewe pilgrymes..yat yei mowen sauely commen and gone.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2373 : No wight retourneth saufly in to the grace of his olde enemy.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.3309 : Thei mihte hem fede and clothe And saufli tornen hom ayein.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)686 : Be-tuix þe wolues lai þe schepe; Sauueli moght þai samen slepe.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)14.64 : Þe merchaunt..Wolde..As safliche passe as the messager.
- (c1400) Higd.(1) (Hrl 1900)533 : So mot ich savelich ete this morsel..as ich am giltles of siche dedes.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)23/22 : Who so sittiþ on þe bare grounde..restiþ more safly þan ȝif he sat on hyȝe towres.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)3065 : He myghte lede safly His lemman, wyþouten vyleny.
- a1450(c1400) Wor.Serm.(Wor F.10)38/540 : Þe hast..sette me saliche [read: safliche] now e quiet & e reste.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)12031 : Therfore we mown the Savyelere [read: Saelyere] gon Forto defenden vs from oure fon.
- c1483(?a1450) OT in Caxton Gold.Leg.(Caxton)f.77rb : I shal sauely lede thy sone theder and saufly brynge hym and rendre hym to the agayn.
- a1500(a1450) St.Robt.Knares.(Eg 3143)798 : My hertt..wirkes for wondir That he, þat was sway waike a thynge, Durst spek sway saffly wyth hys kynge.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)110 : For he sawe him in so gret perille, he fet to him a laddir, that he myght come downe Safliche.
- a1500 Octav.(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)108/796 : The kyng of Fraunce..swere hur..That she must sauely come þerto; Ther schulde no man hur mysdo.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)4997 : He biddes the full barly the bright qwene Elan..Send hom in sound & safly to hym.
b
- c1390 Ilke a wys (Vrn)4 : Ilke a wys wiht scholde wake..heuen to wynne..And set ȝoure soule sauely fro sinne.
- a1400(c1303) Mannyng HS (Hrl 1701)1434 : Þo men þat loue to do ryghtly, Þey shal passe þere sauely To þat blesful cuntre Þere ioye withoute ende shal be.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.116 : Cryste..badde hem souke for synne saufly at his breste.
- a1425 Ben.Rule(1) (Lnsd 378)33/33 : Þan may ye sauflike liue, yef ye gete yu fra alle ille vices.
- c1425 Glo.Chron.A (Hrl 201:Wright)347/2 : Ȝe mowe sauflyche þet holy þyng [the Host]..auonge.
- a1450 Ben.Rule(2) (Vsp A.25)1267 : Þer saules may safly cum Bi-for god on þe day of dom.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)94.2 : In shrift of his louynge and of oure synnes, ga we swa bifor his face that we may sauely abyde his dome.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)10661 : A man shal lyue in þat manere So þat whan he deieþ here, Sauely after he may arise To come to-fore þe hye iustice.
c
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)277b/b : After purgacioun, sche conceyueþ þe bettre and whelpeþ þe more saueliche [L salubrius].
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)104b/b : Ȝif none of þes cases let þe, þu maie sauelie repercusse an hote enpostume.
- ?a1450 Macer (Stockh Med.10.91)187 : In dreying, it wole [hele] it vp safly.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)291 : Therfore I wol seye a proverbe, That 'he that fully knoweth therbe May saufly leye hyt to his ye.'
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)75a/a : Þu schalt kutte awey al þat fleisch þat is envenymed, if it be in sich a place þat it may be sauely doon.
- a1500 Hrl.2378 Recipes (Hrl 2378)90/19 : Make hym to drinke ther-of till he falle on slepe, And thanne men may safly keruen hym.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)56/115 : An herbe proved may safely to smertande sores ben layde.
2.
(a) In safekeeping, securely; so as to prevent loss of or damage to money or property; so as to prevent escape of a prisoner, in secure custody; kepen ~; (b) so as to prevent harm, for protection, protectively; loken saufliest, to prepare oneself most securely (to fight against enemies).
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)13a/b : Me feyneþ þat þey [angels]..haueth ribbes and sides, for þey haueþ safliche [L tuta] in hemsilf alle þe ȝiftis of grace.
- (?c1418) Will in Bk.Lond.E.221/35 : He will þat the iiij xx mark..be put in a bagge & asselid and safly kepid.
- (1426-7) Paston (EETS)1.10 : Þe same ordinaunce..was..ensealed and left in þe handes of þe seyd Ser Bryan, saueliche to be kept.
- (1429) RParl.4.346a : That the Keper and Wardeyn of the same Prisone..savely kepe every persone to his warde so commytted.
- (1433) RParl.4.479b : That the Bailliffs..areste here bodyes and committe hem or hym to prison, and there to abyde and savely kepte.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.483 : Safly may thy whete in hit be lefte.
- (1449) RParl.5.151b : Whech Felons, of thair Robberies leven a certeyn somme of money with thair Recetteurs or Frendes, savely to be kept.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)6622 : While þey hadde þer bolde barons, Sauelike held þey þer castels & touns.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)16.282 : Persones thanne thre..he lefte with the Arche forto be, And that holy disch that was there-Inne, It savely to kepen.
- c1450(c1430) Brut-1430 (Glb E.8)429/18 : All his prisoneris weren..brought into the Toure of London, to kepe hem there-ynne saufly.
- (a1453) Doc.Trade in BRS 794 : Thoo persones and every of theyme so arrested savely to kepe and bring afore the king in his Chauncerie within xv dayes after that areste.
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)91/26 : Þat þe keyes of þe same entre be saueli kepte & putte in saue warde of þe forseyde sustre keper.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2965 : Achilles, whom to kepe and warde Whil he was yong, as into warde, Sche thoghte him salfly to betake.
- a1450(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.1 (Lamb 131)7944 : Conseil he took, How he myghtym safliest lok A-geyn his enemis for to fende.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)1362 : Þer myghte no wapen his wedys ryfe, So Sauely was He dighte.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)498 : Withinne a pale an oste is to gouerne That day & nyght saftly theryn they tary And take reste and neuer oon myscary [L intra vallum securi milites..peragunt].
- a1500 Rule Minoresses (Bod 585)82/31 : Ȝif hit happe..þat þe same Abbey falle to be destruyid..þe sustris þer may leueli remew þennis in to anoþer place sure, where þat þey may dwelle honestli & saueli enclosid.
3.
(a) Without fear of error or contradiction, certainly, confidently; hopen ~, to expect confidently; I dar ~ seien (sweren, demen, etc.); (b) without fail, by all means, to be sure.
Associated quotations
a
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)256-8 : Seide þe child..'saufliche y hope I may worche on ȝour word to wite him fro harm.' 'Ȝa, safliche,' seide þemperour.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4398 : God woot that worldly ioye is soone ago, And if a rethor koude faire endite, He in a cronycle saufly [vr. sothly] myghte it write As for a souereyn notabilitee.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.867 : Bot I dar saufly make an oth, Mi ladi was me nevere loth.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.2932 : I Mai riht wel swere and saluely That I mi ladi love wel.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.870 : The remenant of youre iewels redy be Inwith youre chambre, dar I saufly [vr. seyuely] sayn.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)10.285 : Ȝe corectoures..corecteth fyrst ȝow-seluen, And þanne mowe ȝe saufly [vr. soþly] seye, as dauid made þe sauter, [etc.].
- (1440) Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)3958 : This dare I sauely on me take on hande.
- c1440 Degrev.(Thrn)581 : I dare sauely swere, And he take ȝow on were, All Ynglandes here Sall speke of ȝour dedis.
- a1450 Yk.Pl.(Add 35290)412/307 : Sauely, sirs, I dare wele saie He rose allone.
- ?a1450(c1380) Chaucer Gent.(Benson-Robinson)6 : Unto vertu longeth dignitee And noght the revers, saufly dar I deme.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)2.555 : This dar I sauely say.
- a1500(a1400) Ipom.(1) (Chet 8009)5327 : Thus dare I savely saye.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)111 : She louys hym well, as i wene; That dar i sauely say.
b
- c1330(?c1300) Amis (Auch)238 : Ȝif euer..þou..of min help hast nede, Saueliche com or send þi sond.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.191 : R., for alle þe pres, sauely did þam vp ryue.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)11947 : To your lord salfly ȝe say: of þis seknes he sall be slayn, by cause he hopes his hele of belsabub forto haue.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)91a/b : An vnkunnynge leche..bihiȝt sauely to helen þat child.
- a1500(?a1425) Chester Pl.Antichr.(Pen 399)492/12 : Youre savyor nowe in youre sight here may ye savely see.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)40 : This yomen, or this grome, berith upnyghtly stuffe for the Kings bed, and bydeth thereby till it be made, and in the mornynge they sett it down to their office ageyne saufly and clenely.
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